Day 19 Isle of Skye, Loch Ness, Culloden

May 8. Unfortunately we don't get to spend much time on Skye. The tour of Skye consists of a short 2.5 hour drive and it's not a loop so we see the same scenery on the way back. We do get to spend a good amount of time at Eilean Donan Castle, which is in a beautiful setting. From there, it's off to Loch Ness. The Loch looks like the other Lochs we've passed. Nessie was out and about so they had the danger signs out. Next up was Culloden, site of the last pitched battle on British soil. Except for the museum, the site is pretty sparse with only flags marking the lines of the Jacobites and the English forces. Scattered throughout are markers identifying the battle positions of the various clans. A very quiet and eerie place. Before heading to the hotel at Aviemore we stop at a prehistoric cemetery. With all the stone monuments we've seen, and the pyramids and mounds in the rest of the world, I'm now convinced that about 1,000 years ago, someone said "enough with all this work. From now on we just place an engraved flat stone at the head of the grave." Route Map